> "Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science." -- Henri Poincaré

A true but not quite sufficient conclusion, and accidentally drawn from a false analogy.

There is minimal similarity between facts and stones, houses and science.

Not to mention those houses I've heard of that are made of wood.

Actually a mere collection of facts without the application of sound reasoning is *never* valid science: it's just a collection of facts that go nowhere or in the wrong direction.

But if you already know what science is, the quote is certainly appealing.